Shoppers will be able to enjoy discounts over the weekend and into next week
as retailers - such as Debenhams - extend their sales.

Debenhams is extended its sale for two days over this weekend and Selfridges is cutting 20 per cent for anyone who registers on its website next week.

It follows a week of heavily discounted offers among leading high street retailers.

Marks & Spencer held its first pre-Christmas "one-day spectacular" in four years, while clothing chains Jane Norman, Dorothy Perkins and Mexx also offered discounts.

Michael Sharp, chief executive of Debenhams, said: "We've seen more customers through the door and more and more asking why the offers stopped on Friday night - so we thought we'd say thank you by extending over the weekend. This means if you've been stuck at work you can snap up a bargain as well."

The sales indicate that the conditions on the high street are worse than latest figures have suggested.